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Classic Gingerbread Cake
Classic Gingerbread Cake features a moist crumb flavored with molasses, warm spices like cinnamon, ginger, and cloves, and a tender texture enhanced by optional applesauce. This spiced cake provides the familiar lightly dense yet soft texture typical of gingerbread, baked in a single square pan for simple presentation.
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
40 mins
Total Time
55 mins
Servings:
12
servings
Calories:
288 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 egg
- 1 cup unsulphured molasses
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon cloves ground
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup applesauce (optional, but will add to moistness of cake)
- 1 cup water hot
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Butter and flour or use baking spray with a 9 inch square pan.
- In a stand mixer, cream together the sugar and butter until lightened in color and fluffy.
- Beat in the egg, and mix in the molasses until fully combined.
- Add in the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves until just combined.
- With a whisk, add in the hot water and applesauce (using the stand mixer would make a mess with the water and pouring in the water slowly would cause the flour to over-mix).
- Bake for 40-45 minutes in the preheated oven until the cake springs back up when touched or a knife comes out clean
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Nutrition Information
Calories
288kcal
(14%)
Carbohydrates
50g
(17%)
Protein
3g
(6%)
Fat
8g
(12%)
Saturated Fat
5g
(25%)
Cholesterol
33mg
(11%)
Sodium
318mg
(13%)
Potassium
455mg
(10%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
30g
(60%)
Vitamin A
255IU
(5%)
Vitamin C
0.1mg
(0%)
Calcium
70mg
(7%)
Iron
2.7mg
(15%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 12 servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 288
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 288kcal | 14% |
| Carbohydrates | 50g | 17% |
| Protein | 3g | 6% |
| Fat | 8g | 12% |
| Saturated Fat | 5g | 25% |
| Cholesterol | 33mg | 11% |
| Sodium | 318mg | 13% |
| Potassium | 455mg | 10% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 30g | 60% |
| Vitamin A | 255IU | 5% |
| Vitamin C | 0.1mg | 0% |
| Calcium | 70mg | 7% |
| Iron | 2.7mg | 15% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.